# Implementation of Section 403(a)(2) of Social Security Act; Bonus To Reward Decrease in Illegitimacy Ratio
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule · Published 1999-04-14 · Effective 1999-06-14 · 64 FR 18484
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-8866
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 18484
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 283
- **Publication date:** 1999-04-14
- **Effective date:** 1999-06-14
## Abstract

The Administration for Children and Families is issuing a final rule describing how we will award a bonus to those States that experience the largest decreases in out-of-wedlock childbearing and also reduce their abortion rates. The total amount of the bonus will be up to $100 million in each of fiscal years 1999 through 2002, and the award for each eligible State in a given year will be $25 million or less. This incentive provision is a part of the welfare reform block grant program enacted in 1996--the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/04/14/99-8866/implementation-of-section-403a2-of-social-security-act-bonus-to-reward-decrease-in-illegitimacy)
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